§ 21-256. Streets and highways solicitation.

(a)

Requirement for solicitors. All solicitors must comply with the following requirements:

(1)

Wear a high-visibility traffic vest at all times during the solicitation;

(2)

Solicit only at intersections controlled by a traffic control signal and within forty (40) feet of the said intersection where all traffic is required to come to a full stop;

(3)

Solicit only while located on a curbed traffic island, shoulder, improved shoulder or sidewalk by the roadway (if the center areas between lines of traffic do not have curbed traffic islands, then no solicitation is permitted there.) Traffic cones are recommended to be placed on the curbed traffic island, shoulder, improved shoulder or sidewalk by the roadway;

(4)

Wait to solicit until the traffic has come to a full stop. Solicitors must move away from the vehicles before the traffic control signal turns green and traffic starts to move again;

(5)

Be at least eighteen (18) years of age. It shall be unlawful to cause children, defined as persons under the age of eighteen (18) years, to solicit or attempt to solicit funds from the occupants of a vehicle on a roadway;

(6)

Solicitors must not stand in a roadway, except solicitors may enter a roadway to collect funds as a result of an immediate solicitation and only when traffic has stopped and it is safe to enter such roadway; and

(7)

Solicitors must never obstruct traffic.

(b)

CPR and first aid certifications required for group solicitations. Group solicitations involving more than four (4) adults in the group must provide a person certified in CPR and first aid at each location of solicitation.

(Ord. No. 98-215, § 2, 8-24-98; Ord. No. 2004-O-331, § 1, 12-20-04)